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Press Box Red: The Story Of Lester Rodney,
Irwin Silber
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Description for Press Box Red: The Story Of Lester Rodney,
paperback. Tells the story of that remarkable 11-year campaign and of Lester Rodney's career covering sports for the "Daily Worker" until he left the Communist Party in 1958. This title includes accounts of Rodney's challenges to the high muck-a-mucks of professional and collegiate sports, and contains encounters with owners, managers, and more. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 figures, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; JFFJ; JFSL; KNTJ; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Long before Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to a Brooklyn Dodger contract in 1945, Lester Rodney, the newly hired and first sports editor of the Communist Daily Worker, launched the campaign that proved decisive in eventually breaking baseball's color line. But in the hostile anti-Communist climate of those years and for many years after, Rodney's story remained largely unknown. It therefore came as a surprise to many when Arnold Rampersad, in his authoritative 1997 biography of Jackie Robinson, wrote: \u0022In the campaign to end Jim Crow in baseball, the most vigorous efforts came from the Communist press, most notably ... Read more
Long before Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to a Brooklyn Dodger contract in 1945, Lester Rodney, the newly hired and first sports editor of the Communist Daily Worker, launched the campaign that proved decisive in eventually breaking baseball's color line. But in the hostile anti-Communist climate of those years and for many years after, Rodney's story remained largely unknown. It therefore came as a surprise to many when Arnold Rampersad, in his authoritative 1997 biography of Jackie Robinson, wrote: \u0022In the campaign to end Jim Crow in baseball, the most vigorous efforts came from the Communist press, most notably ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566399746
SKU
V9781566399746
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99-10
About Irwin Silber
Irwin Silber is a self-employed writer who lives in the Bay Area of northern California. He is the author or editor of eight previous books, including Socialism: What Went Wrong and The Vietnam Song Book (with Barbara Dane).
Reviews for Press Box Red: The Story Of Lester Rodney,
"This lively book is a welcome addition to the saga of 20th-Century American sports and sportswriting, especially in its telling of the little-known tale of Lester Rodney's role in the integration of baseball."-Robert Lipsyte "Lester Rodney was a Communist. Whether because of that or in spite of that, he was also one of the most independent and courageous sportswriters of ... Read more